Sunday, May 14, 2006
Simplicity at Its Finest
The beautifully xeroscaped courtyard of the Unitarian Church was the perfect site for the late afternoon wedding of Steve and Sharon, proof positive that simplicity is the highest form of taste. A friend with his acoustic guitar made all the music necessary as the small crowd gathered, carried out chairs and enjoyed the perfect high desert weather. With the sun slipping slowly toward the horizon, Sharon's daughter Lisa read the lovely poem she had written about their special love.
On Monday Sharon had been trimming trees and thinking about a wedding sometime in the near future, something simple, perhaps a couple of witnesses before a JP. Tuesday she was planning a full-blown wedding for Saturday, as family from Indiana wanted to come. Wednesday she handed me a computer generated invitation to the short nuptials and the celebration at their home across the road from my house.
Delicious food served in the small kitchen was carried out to the deck and eaten on the handsome table and chairs Sharon recently made, or in the gazebo where she and Lisa had laid the tile floor. Although she had requested "no gifts", a thoughful neighbor had brought her a board for the beginning of her next project. In it she could see the seeds of a new porch swing.
Love and best wishes to this very down-to-earth, happy couple and their two cute "kids," Chopin and Hyde.
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
On Monday Sharon had been trimming trees and thinking about a wedding sometime in the near future, something simple, perhaps a couple of witnesses before a JP. Tuesday she was planning a full-blown wedding for Saturday, as family from Indiana wanted to come. Wednesday she handed me a computer generated invitation to the short nuptials and the celebration at their home across the road from my house.
Delicious food served in the small kitchen was carried out to the deck and eaten on the handsome table and chairs Sharon recently made, or in the gazebo where she and Lisa had laid the tile floor. Although she had requested "no gifts", a thoughful neighbor had brought her a board for the beginning of her next project. In it she could see the seeds of a new porch swing.
Love and best wishes to this very down-to-earth, happy couple and their two cute "kids," Chopin and Hyde.
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
